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What experiences would you have if you attended an international rocketry competition? What would you expect to happen? In this issue of the Peak-of-Flight newsletter, you'll find out what the typical attendee and spectators would be doing during the event. And you'll get a glimpse of the intensity of the competition where the clock and the weather add to the frustrations of misfires and preparation failures. You'll also learn a little bit about thermal hunting, which is looking for those elusive rising columns of warm air that can really boost your rocket's performance. Then finally, you'll discover the team strategy that the USA used to win several gold medals. Also in this issue: Tim's Messy Desk Blog I got asked a fundamental question by a customer that came to our shop recently. They asked how I stay focused on rocketry and how I keep up my level of passion for it after being in the hobby for decades. So I'll share my secret sauce and maybe it is something you're already doing too. | | Read the rest of this week's article, either on a downloadable PDF for printing out, or on our website (great for viewing on your phone)! Previous issues of our newsletter are found at our archive page. |
| Check out the latest products to hit Apogee's shelves! | Swingshot RC Rocket Glider | |  The SwingShot RC glider from J&H Aerospace is a two channel Radio Controlled glider, allowing you to fly this rocket right back to your feet so you don't have walk to retrieve it. It is also a swing-wing glider, so it folds up for the boost phase, which goes to a much higher altitude than a fixed wing rocket glider. You can fly this rocket on A-C motors, or if you're really daring, you might put it up on a 18mm composite D motor for some really sky-high flights.
We haven't even built our own rocket yet, so our webpage is not as complete as we want, but we do have them in stock and ready to ship.
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| Apogee TTV Rocket | | 
The new "Timer Test Vehicle" (TTV) is specifically designed to give you an economical way to try out your electonic staging timers before you commit to putting them in an expensive high power rocket. Flying 2-stages with small composite motors is a cheap and effective way to learn the skills you'll need to take your big rockets to spectacular heights. This rocket is a marvel of engineering, with lots of features packed into a small rocket. It includes an electronics bay, ejection baffle, through-the-wall-fins, laser-cut plywood centering rings, and two nylon cloth parachutes. It can also be used to test dual-deployment electronics, or a Jolly Logic Chute release. You can get this rocket today here!
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| Estes So Long | |  For extreme attitudes, the So Long two-stager can reach over 3600 feet on a combination of two F15 motors – that’s more than two-thirds of a mile high! The kit includes a large payload section so you can send your high-altitude experiments aloft. And for safe returns, the two bright orange streamers are easy to spot and designed to bring your rocket down quickly – don’t let this one drift away! A simple but rugged design means a fun build that you’ll be launching in no time. Get this fun 2-stage rocket here.
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| | Customer Testimonials: “I've had the occasion to ask some completely non-product related questions of the team as I don't have a local club and the nearest launch site is 3 hours away. The team at Apogee have quickly responded to my questions with valuable insight with no anticipation of an current or future sale. They just want to help me get better at this hobby. I appreciate that a lot. Yes, I purchase from many of the quality vendors direct, but I also choose to support Apogee for going above and beyond.” -- Bob | |
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 I'm now actively seeking writers for articles to appear in this newsletter. And I want unique and cutting-edge articles because that is what you want to read, right? I realize this, so to get articles from outside writers that have the same level of quality, I'm going to have to pay a lot of cash to make it worth it for them. So I've come up with a compensation package where I'll pay up to $350 for good how-to articles. Are you a writer, and does that interest you? That is a lot of cash! Far more than you'll get by writing for other magazines. And with over 23,000 worldwide subscribers, if you write for the Peak-of-Flight Newsletter, you'll gain a lot of notoriety. Writing for the Peak-of-Flight Newsletter is a great way to show off your rocketry projects and your technical expertise, at the same time as helping out other rocketeers. Imagine how great you'll feel knowing that you made a difference to the hobby. If you're interested in writing, see the guidelines on our site. Test 1
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